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Engineering researcher seeks answers to asteroid deflection
An Asteroid Deflection Research Center (ADRC) has been established on the Iowa State campus to bring researchers from around the world to develop asteroid deflection technologies. The center was signed into effect in April by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.   view more (2008-05-28)

Saving endangered whales at no cost
By comparing the productivity of lobster fishing operations in American and Canadian waters of the Gulf of Maine, researchers have identified ways in which cost-saving alterations in fishing strategies can substantially reduce fishing-gear entanglements of the critically endangered North Atlantic... view more (2007-01-09)

Time running out for South Asian vultures, ecologists warn
Ecologists are calling on South Asian governments to ban veterinary use of the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac. Without banning use of the drug in livestock species likely to be eaten by vultures - mainly cattle and buffalo - three species of vulture in the Indian subcontinent are likely to... view more (2004-09-27)

Pregnant prehistoric fossil offers clues to past
University of Alberta scientists have named a new species of ancient marine reptile, fondly called the Ping Pong Ichthyosaur for the spot the prehistoric creature called home for the last 25 years.   view more (2006-09-22)

Fisheries linked to decline in Galapagos waved albatross population
Fishermen caught and killed about 1 percent of the world's waved albatrosses in a year, according to a new study by Wake Forest University biologists.   view more (2006-10-04)

New window into ancient ozone holes
British researchers have hit on a clever way to search for ancient ozone holes and their relationship to mass extinctions: measure the remains of ultraviolet-B absorbing pigments ancient plants left in their fossilized spores and pollen.   view more (2005-08-10)

The kapok connection -- Study explains rainforest similarities
Celebrated in Buddhist temples and cultivated for its wood and cottony fibers, the kapok tree now is upsetting an idea that biologists have clung to for decades: the notion that African and South American rainforests are similar because the continents were connected 96 million years ago.   view more (2007-06-18)

Giant marine reptiles from Sweden
At the end of the Cretaceous, when large-sized theropods, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, roamed terrestrial environments, shallow seas and oceans were invaded by giant marine monitors - the mosasaurs. A recent investigation, presented in a new dissertation at Lund University in Sweden, has revealed... view more (2004-01-21)

SCIENTISTS VITAL TO CONSERVATION IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION WARN LORDS
A House of Lords report launched today urges the UK Government to show renewed commitment to conservation when the Prime Minister leads the delegation to the World Summit in Johannesburg later this year. Baroness Walmsley, chairman of the inquiry, said: "The Government has committed itself to... view more (2002-05-15)

Subtropical Arctic
The North Pole, synonymous with all things very cold, once had a subtropical climate according to scientists now returning from the Arctic .   view more (2004-09-06)

Biologists Produce Global Map of Plant Biodiversity
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Bonn in Germany have produced a global map of estimated plant species richness. Covering several hundred thousand species, the scientists say their global map is the most extensive map of the distribution of biodiversity on... view more (2007-03-21)

Scientists fear rare dolphin driven to extinction by human activities
An international research team, including biologists from NOAA Fisheries Service, has reported in an online scientific journal that it had failed to find a single Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, during a six-week survey in China.   view more (2007-09-12)

Colombian Frog Believed Extinct Found Alive
Researchers exploring a Colombian mountain range found surviving members of a species of Harlequin frog believed extinct due to a killer fungus wiping out amphibian populations in Central and South America.   view more (2006-05-19)

Ice age imprint found on cod DNA
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Sheffield, has demonstrated how Atlantic cod responded to past natural climate extremes. The new research could help in determining cods vulnerability to future global warming.   view more (2007-11-14)
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